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October 26, 2023 | Conrad New York Downtown
October 26, 2023
Conrad New York Downtown
Get together with New York's top CFOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:
Developing Adaptable Business Strategies Amid Persistent Inflation
Strategies To Attract and Retain Talent While Protecting Margins
Using Actionable Data to Forecast and Drive Organizational Growth
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CFOs, for CFOs.
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Dennis Gannon
Vice President, Analyst
Gartner
As the capabilities of digital technology in finance ramp up, CFOs worry their current talent strategy is insufficient to capitalize on the opportunity. More than 70% of CFOs feel their existing competency and L&D models don’t address the specific needs created by new technology. Finance leaders must craft a transformation strategy to reflect the changing profile of a finance team member and the demands they face.
In this keynote presentation you will gain a deeper understanding of:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Susan Panzereichholz
Chief Audit Executive
Xerox Corp
Modern CFOs work more closely than ever with their chief audit executive to accurately mitigate risk factors with potential to impact the bottom line. By fostering a proactive and forward-thinking risk assessment, top finance leaders can provide the organization with the confidence to deliver on future objectives and the insights to consider while executing.
Join this session with Xerox's Chief Audit Executive Susan Panzer for a case study and workshop on:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Zip
Jeremy Rolfe
VP, Business Value Engineering
Zip
Flavia Landsberg
CFO
Pyxus
Guru Ramamurthy
CFO
Bayer Corporation US
Melissa Wikle
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
American Water Works
Leading CFOs and CAOs today are proactively limiting business expenses without hindering their organization's performance. In a world of frequent disruptions, top financial leaders must take a long-term and strategic approach to delivering value, starting with reassessing their approach to cost optimization in 2024.
Join this session to discuss with your peers:
• Leveraging resource allocation trade-offs to improve business processes
• Generating more profit and intangible value while building greater resilience and agility
• Owning disruptions with a holistic approach to cost efficiency
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CFOs and CAOs).
10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session
Hosted by ADP
Amy Leschke-Kahle
VP, Talent Insights and Innovation
ADP
In today’s talent economy, developing and keeping high-potential talent is a critical need. How can finance leaders build an environment that honors each person’s skills, encourages them to invest deeper into the organization while providing space to grow?
Join this session to discuss:
11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom
Karina Williams
Business Unit CFO
Veolia Water Technologies
Jim Dodge
CFO
First Quality
Craig Safian
Executive Vice President & CFO
Gartner
The pressure is on for financial leaders to move away from traditional financial planning, budgeting and forecasting to a modern system that will improve enterprise agility. CFOs today must implement an effective, sustainable and efficient process to manage growing FP&A complexities.
Join this session to learn how your peers:
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CFOs and CAOs).
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Parking
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Valet parking available onsite for $80 per day; without in/out privileges.
Self-parking is available offsite with Icon Parking at 2 River Terrace for $50.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Conrad New York Downtown at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 212-945-0100. Please mention EVANTA23 to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $579 USD (plus tax) is October 3, 2023.
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